It looks like a small city at sea, 17 smoke gray stacks against the flat horizon, and the deep voice of a fog horn taunting me with intr...

"Gentle words are worthless if spoken with trepidation." Street art in Rome 2018 " This is a time of connection with ...

Paris, France "Art is never finished. Only abandoned." - Leonardo Da Vinci Following up on a post I did in August , Dyi...

Vienna at twilight Once again, the beginning of autumn. The equinox. I'm in Vienna. The equinox here is at 20:02 this evening then ...

On the move again. Bangkok mailbox At the moment we're back in Taiwan, the rainy island Taipei Cultural Center which is ...

One more from the road. Molly

Rome Side chapel in a Roman basilica Rome is a strange place. For all its wealth, pomp, power and fabulous history, my first impressi...

At some point, ready or not, one may be called on to send off the dead. Aunt Jane was the last of her generation so this time the task fell ...

Flat Thea and kitteh This is where the post about Flat Thea was supposed to be. But no. By whatever twist of fate, whatever ill wind,...

Beijing Alley Dame As per Roy's suggestion (thank you very much) I give you Beijing Alley Dame NOIR! The question is, dare I p...

Dusty old Beijing alley at night from last autumn It's nearly 2 am. I can't sleep. I've been skimming the news. Had some ...

Qihelou Jie street We've been staying in a small hutong house off Qihelou Jie street just across the moat from the Forbidden City...

Swami and Vincent at Art Zone 798 Today, and very soon, we are leaving for the Dirt Market, Beijing's giant, stupendous, "...

Practicing my Chinese style photo posing technique  I've added a Beijing photo album . The link is in the bar at the top of the...

Went to the Forbidden City today. It used to cost the uninvited their lives. Lucky for us, these days it's only few yen. Some frien...

Spring evening Spring is a crazy time. Last night's ominous sky brought this morning's snow and a hungry morning in the Bird P...

The Shipping Squirrel enjoying Squirrel Appreciation Day. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day for the President...

Thea and G'pa's flute and bass jam Remember that bass in my bathtub ? It's finally gone. We sold it when we were in Portla...

Montana in April This morning we woke to snow. By the way . . . the white jacket? Other than a few black hairs from Nevada the...